†Protobittacus handlirschi Tillyard 1933 (hangingfly)
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Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae
Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1933. The Panorpoid complex in the British Rhaetic and Lias. Fossil Insects, British Museum Natural History 3:1-79
Belongs to Protobittacus according to R. Willmann 1978
See also Tillyard 1933
Sister taxa: Protobittacus arculatus, Protobittacus desacuminatus, Protobittacus liassicus, Protobittacus maculatus, Protobittacus moestus
Type specimen: BMNH I 11406, a hindwing. Its type locality is Alderton Hill Quarry (Brodie collection), which is in a Toarcian marine limestone in the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Alderton Hill Quarry (Brodie collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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